Ho Chi Minh City cruise crowd calendar

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

How many cruise ships and people are in Ho Chi Minh City today and on the days ahead, and which days are quietest to sail or visit.

Friday 13 November 2026 · all times local (Indochina Time)

Today · Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15Mon 16Tue 17Wed 18Thu 19
Ho Chi Minh City port guide and schedule

In port today

Light

1,007

people in port · 596 guests + 411 crew

38% quieter than a typical day in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
See the crowd calendar

How busy Ho Chi Minh City is today

Friday 13 November 2026 · 1 ship · 1,007 people · all times local (Indochina Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals
  • Silver Moon
    Silversea
    7:00 am – overnight · Port of call
    1,007 people

People are guests at standard occupancy (two per cabin) plus crew. Turnaround ships also move about as many boarding guests through the terminals as the ones leaving.

When the port is busiest today

Most people in port 7 am – midnight: 1,007 people on 1 ship.

Silver Moon
7:00 am – overnight · Port of call
Now 10:29 am
People in port
6 am9 amnoon3 pm6 pm9 pmmidnight

How busy is Ho Chi Minh City? Crowd calendar

People in port each day, guests plus crew, compared with a typical Ho Chi Minh City day. Select a day to see its ships.

Later months
  • No ships nothing scheduled
  • Quiet under half a typical day
  • Light 50–85% of typical
  • Typical 85–115%
  • Busy 115–150%
  • Peak over 150%

Numbers are thousands of people. Earlier days this month are faded and today is outlined.

Busiest and quietest days of the week

Mondays are the busiest and Saturdays the quietest over the next 90 days.

  • Monday
    2.3K
  • Tuesday
    889
  • Wednesday
    1.5K
  • Thursday
    2K
  • Friday
    1.4K
  • Saturday
    627
  • Sunday
    1.2K

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. 334
    Quiet
  2. 334
    Quiet
  3. 334
    Quiet
  4. Fri 1 Jan
    1 ship
    334
    Quiet
  5. 826
    Light

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. Mon 28 Dec
    4 ships
    8,937
    Peak
  2. Thu 24 Dec
    3 ships
    8,672
    Peak
  3. Thu 4 Feb
    2 ships
    7,219
    Peak
  4. Wed 16 Dec
    2 ships
    4,604
    Peak
  5. Mon 4 Jan
    1 ship
    4,600
    Peak

Ho Chi Minh City port traffic, next 90 days

People in port per day · Fri 13 Nov – Wed 10 Feb

Ship calls
44
Daily average
1,422
people in port
Busiest day
8,937
Mon 28 Dec · 4 ships
Days with ships
49 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Ho Chi Minh City

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Ho Chi Minh City crowd calendar questions

Each ship counts its guests at standard occupancy (two per cabin) plus its crew. A ship without a published capacity is listed in the schedule but not counted.

It compares the day with a typical Ho Chi Minh City day with ships. Quiet is under half of that, Light 50–85%, Typical 85–115%, Busy 115–150% and Peak more than one and a half times. Each port is compared with itself, so a Busy day in a small port has far fewer people than one in a big homeport.

Most ships call at Ho Chi Minh City for the day: they arrive in the morning and leave in the late afternoon, so the town and its sights are busiest in between.

The calendar covers this month and the next 11 months of published itineraries. Lines add and change calls, so dates further out can still move.

Yes. Arrival and departure times move with weather and port operations. Always confirm with your cruise line and the port before you travel.